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I'm trying to create a function that will run for a certain amount of time then stop or return on the enter of a trigger. I can't seem to figure out how I'd structure that function to just return how long its been since the trigger was hit. I want to run this function for a set amount of time then make it stop in the most efficient way possible. Any ideas?

Answer 1

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Have OnTriggerEnter be a coroutine:

var timeToRun = 5.0;

function OnTriggerEnter () {
    var timer = 0.0;
    while (timer < timeToRun) {
        // do stuff
        timer += Time.deltaTime;
        yield;
    }
}

answered Dec 06 '10 at 01:34 AM

Eric5h5
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Thanks a bunch this is what I was trying to do.

Dec 06 '10 at 03:59 AM user-7131 (google)

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Answer 2

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This should do the trick:

var timer = 10;

function Update(){
Invoke("TimedFunction", timer);
}

function TimedFunction(){
Destroy(gameObject);
//---edit---\\
return;
}

answered Dec 06 '10 at 12:39 AM

oliver-jones
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Putting Invoke in Update will cause a new instance of TimedFunction to be created every frame.

Dec 06 '10 at 01:35 AM Eric5h5

Right you are - you could place a if(timerBool = true) statement before the Invoke

Dec 06 '10 at 01:10 PM oliver-jones

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Answer 3

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//run for the first 5 seconds
function Update()
{
    if (Time.time < 5)
    {
       //do code
    }
}

///////////2nd method: run until trigger has been hit 
var triggerHit : boolean = false;

function OnTriggerEnter()
{
   triggerHit = true;
}

function Update()
{
   if (triggerHit) return;

   //do code
}

answered Dec 06 '10 at 12:43 AM

pyro
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